Let It Go

Two things I get very frustrated with are, incompetence and arrogance. Unfortunately I constantly find myself surrounded by both and in some cases a combination thereof. From shop assistants to fellow drivers on the road to our government officials, we cannot avoid this frustration.

 

So, how does one deal with these frustrations in a way that won’t end up in a civil liability case? 

• Try to help and improve the situation by means of your skills, talents, knowledge and know-how.
• Provide alternative suggestions with logical and sensitive argument.
• Allow some time for logic to percolate.

 In the end there is only so much you can physically do to change this type of frustration. So do what you can and then let it go!

 

If you have done nothing to improve the situation, you haven’t earned the right to moan. If you have done all that is within your means, then don’t let the  negativity of moaning bring you (and others listening to you) down, let it go. Groaning will not help the situation nor will it help you.

 

I am reminded of the baboon that finds seeds within an ant mound, except the hole to bring out a fist clenching the seeds is too small. A flat hand was easy to put in but the broader fist was just too big to get out. The amazing thing was that even when faced with danger, the baboon couldn’t release the seeds to make his escape. He was trapped by his illogical need to hold onto the seeds even though he wouldn’t be able to get them out. In the same way we hold onto life’s frustrations which keeps us right where we are. Just like the baboon, we are unable to move on. If he just opened his fist and released those unattainable seeds, he could run off to safer and better places.

 

I encourage all of us to open our fists that are holding on so tightly to bitterness, hurt, frustrations, disappointments, anger. Drop those things that have us anchored in one place to be able to move on.